Nickel silver bar

[Dillon Sculpture]

C79800 alloy, anybody ever forge this stuff? Joining methods? Julius Blum gave me a quote of $17 a pound! Also looking for a product to join a glass picket to a shoe made of nickel silver? Don't ask how I got myself into this one!

[Timothy Miller]

Use CU/NI 70/30 forges very nice it has a much wider working range than Nickel silver. I get it from http://www.marmetal.com/index.html I don't think you can weld Nickel silver you have to silver solder it, Cupro-nickle on the other hand welds like silicon bronze.

[Mainely,Bob]

C79800 alloy, anybody ever forge this stuff? Joining methods? Julius Blum gave me a quote of $17 a pound! Also looking for a product to join a glass picket to a shoe made of nickel silver? Don't ask how I got myself into this one!

For joining metal to glass we always used either 100% silicone caulk or 3M 5200.
Be sure of any alignment issues cause it`s a bear to get things apart once it`s set up.

[Dillon Sculpture]

Thanks guys,

Southy, what have you built from this material? Do you think it has a good color match to the nickel silver? I will be using a picket from Blum made from NS.

Bob, that 5200 looks like good stuff! Different colors as well, nice... BTW the knucks runin but I had to get some new wheels, fat tire up front is not in yet :angry:

[Mainely,Bob]

Thanks guys,

Southy, what have you built from this material? Do you think it has a good color match to the nickel silver? I will be using a picket from Blum made from NS.

Bob, that 5200 looks like good stuff! Different colors as well, nice... BTW the knucks runin but I had to get some new wheels, fat tire up front is not in yet

Mike,The bike looks sweet as it is.
May be just the purist in me but I just don`t get the fat front tire thing. :huh:

[Timothy Miller]

I used to make nails from it as well as tables fire tool sets and fire screens. Send me your address I will mail you a scrap.
Tim

[Dillon Sculpture]

Thanks Tim,

I was routed to a different supplier, stock Copper Nickel alloys C706 (90% copper/10% nickel) and C715 (70% copper/30% nickel) in sheet, plate, and round bar. He said the C706 is more red in color, while the C715 is darker in color. What were you paying per pound?

[Bentiron1946]

Well that's not good news having nickle silver for $17 a pound but I guess it's better than $23 an ounce for silver! :blink:

[Mainely,Bob]

The copper nickel pipe we used on all the Navy ships was an alloy that looked just like bronze and developed a patina like it too.
Best be sure they send you the right stuff Mike.

[Timothy Miller]

The C706 is a pale gold color the C715 is silver. I don't know exactly what we paid for it it was a wile ago but I think it was cheaper than nickle silver. $14 a pound comes to mind. The main thing was it had far superior working characteristics in terms of weld ability and forge ability.